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About Information Security

Information Security works to reduce cyber risks across campus—those that affect our institutional systems and the campus community. We study Internet threats on a daily basis and apply our expertise to protect the University’s systems, information resources, and financial assets. Our work also helps keeps students, faculty, and staff cyber safe. Our professional team members are trained and certified in security management. We also employee graduate assistants and student workers—who learn while gaining professional experience and building credentials.

Mission

IT Security Program

Password Standard

Safe Handling of Sensitive Information Standard

To protect and defend data, computing, and network resources, in collaboration with all areas of SIU, through technical and non-technical means.

Password/Passphrase Standard Summary

The Department of Information Technology, and the University, have developed a standard for the creation and use of passwords used to access University systems. The purpose of this standard is to keep University systems secure from cyber intrusion and the potential results, which include the malicious interruption of services and/or use of the sensitive information stored and shared across the University network.

This is a summary our Password/Passphrase Standard; the complete standard is also available and provides more in-depth information.

All SIU personnel and students must follow the University’s password/paraphrase standards:

Changing Passwords All University passwords/paraphrases must be changed regularly. Previous passwords/paraphrases cannot be reused.